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2024 Fantasy Football Season In Review: Quarterbacks
2WE5KYK BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, JAN 20: Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) throws the ball in the AFC Divisional Playoff game against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium on January 20, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens defeated the Texans 34-10. (Photo by Image of Sport/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News
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• QB Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens: Jackson took the overall QB1 spot in 2024.
• QB Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders: Daniels deserves top-two consideration entering 2025.
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The NFL remains a pass-first league, but quarterback rushing volume and efficiency played a critical role in fantasy scoring over the last two seasons.
As detailed in Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels’ section from “The best rushers in the 2024 NFL draft,” “[t]he last two fantasy football seasons (Weeks 1-17) produced four quarterbacks apiece who averaged more than 21.0 fantasy points per game. Five of eight quarterbacks averaged 6.0-plus [rushing] attempts per game and seven of eight averaged 3.6 or more.” The dynamic again held true this season. While high-end passing volume and efficiency also contributed to high-end production, the elite QB1 ranks were again dominated by talented dual-threat players in 2024. The article below details NFL quarterback fantasy-scoring performances in 2024.
The top-24 quarterbacks by total fantasy points among NFL quarterbacks in Weeks 1-17, 2024:
| Top-24 Fantasy Quarterbacks | Total Points in 2024 | PFF Offense Grade in 2024 | Total Points in 2023 | PFF Offense Grade in 2023 |
| 411.4 (QB1) | 93.7 | 338.2 (QB3) | 90.5 | |
| QB Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills | 385.0 (QB2) | 91.9 | 385.6 (QB1) | 92.3 |
| 367.8, (QB3) | 93.4 | 153.2 (QB25) | 79.2 | |
| 360.6 (QB4) | 90.1 | N/A | N/A | |
| 359.2 (QB5) | 81.7 | 277.9 (QB9) | 77.2 | |
| QB Jared Goff, Detroit Lions | 324.2 (QB6) | 80.3 | 282.3 (QB8) | 86.5 |
| 320.1 (QB7) | 76.6 | 370.2 (QB2) | 87.4 | |
| 312.3 (QB8) | 86.8 | 6.9 (QB63) | 66.0 | |
| QB Bo Nix, Denver Broncos | 294.7 (QB9) | 74.5 | N/A | N/A |
| 293.0 (QB10) | 85.8 | 294.2 (QB7) | 90.3 | |
| 280.4 (QB11) | 80.7 | 133.6 (QB26) | 72.4 | |
| 278.9 (QB12) | 82.9 | 306.6 (QB6) | 88.1 | |
| 260.4 (QB13) | 90.5 | 240.2 (QB16) | 86.1 | |
| 254.7 (QB14) | 81.8 | 214.9 (QB19) | 83.5 | |
| 249.6 (QB15) | 68.5 | N/A | N/A | |
| 242.1 (QB16) | 77.9 | 311.5 (QB5) | 84.5 | |
| 241.6 (QB17) | 77.7 | 0.0 (T-QB71) | ||
| 226.4 (QB18) | 78.9 | 259.5 (QB13) | 83.7 | |
| 222.6 (QB19) | 74.7 | 254.1 (QB15) | 88.7 | |
| 192.3 (QB20) | 74.3 | 154.7 (QB24) | 87.3 | |
| 188.6 (QB21) | 70.9 | 274.7 (QB10) | 87.4 | |
| 187.1 (QB22) | 71.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| 174.4 (QB23) | 62.6 | 73.7 (QB37) | 52.2 | |
| 167.6 (QB24) | 72.0 | 162.2 (QB23) | 57.1 |
Best performer overall: QB Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s elite dual-threat showing in his age-27 season yielded overall QB1 fantasy-scoring results. Jackson’s game-breaking rushing skills occasionally overshadow his passing ability though he is no less impressive in the latter category.
